25.00: PENALTY! Willemse can’t miss from in front. 12-6

28.00: That’s a big let-off for the visitors, especially after the two previous attacking lineouts, ended in tries.

30.00: TRY! Jonny Kotze. Pollard breaks the line, flips a pass out the back door to Warrick Gelant, who knocks the ball into Kotze’s hands. The winger collects and runs in for the try. 17-6

31.00: MISS! That’s a surprising miss by the Springbok 10. 19-6

33.00: Pierre Schoeman is pinged for collapsing a scrum. To be fair, he slipped. But, it was on his own scrum feed. Willemse has kicked into the Bulls’ 22.

35.00: The Stormers will go for a driving maul.

36.00: TRY! Jan de Klerk. Great work by the Stormers’ forwards. They bulldoze the Bulls with some excellent forward play. De Klerk crashes over from close range, pick-and-go for his first Super Rugby try. 19-11

37.00: MISS! Now Willemse misses an easy conversion. 19-11

39.00: TRY! Wow! A double blow by the visitors. De Allende gathers his own chip-kick, beats Gelant and dots down. 19-16

40.00: CONVERSION! Willemse slots the easy kick. 19-18

The half-time score was Bulls 19 Stormers 18

41.00: PEEEEP! We are back underway in Pretoria. The Stormers hit back with two tries in as many minutes and trail by one.

42.00: The Stormers win an early penalty. We are checking for foul play on Stassen by Pieter-Steph du Toit, who appeared to stand on his head.

43.00: YELLOW CARD! Du Toit is off for reckless and dangerous play.

44.00: De Klerk is penalised at the ruck for offsides. Pollard continues with kicking to the corner tactic.

45.00: Pollard launches a high cross kick which is contested by Divan Rossouw and SP Marais, but the ball is not gathered and rolls into touch.

47.00: TRY! It’s a hat-trick for Strauss. The hooker pounced on an overthrown lineout, gathered and scored. 24-18

48.00: CONVERSION! Pollard extends the lead. 26-18

49.00: Dillyn Leyds chases back to get Pollard’s kick, but he is caught by Gelant and thrown into touch, five metres from the try line.

52.00: The game has been full of ruck and set-piece infringements. Another penalty goes against Hanro Liebenberg means Willemse will attempt to cut the Bulls’ lead.

54.00: MISS! Willemse pulls his kick, to the delight of the home support. 26-18

57.00: Despite John Mitchell’s team’s dominance, the Stormers late first-half blitz, has kept them in touching distance.

60.00: We are entering the final quarter of this exciting game. The Bulls have had most of the possession and territory, but they can’t seem to put the Stormers away.

65.00: Leyds’ break has given the Stormers an attacking opportunity. The Cape men are going through the phases and are six metres from the Bulls’ try line.

66.00: TRY! Siya Kolisi finishes off a wonderful counter-attack with a try in the corner. 26-23

68.00: MISS! Willemse’s kick sails wide. He is three from six, which might be the difference in this close encounter. 26-23

70.00: TRY!? NO TRY!? Jesse Kriel is over for the try, but we are checking for a forward pass in the build-up.

70.00: TRY! It’s been given after the TMO confirms the pass was not forward. 31-23

71.00: CONVERSION! Pollard adds the touchline conversion. 33-23

74.00: The Stormers are starting to tire; they’ve been defending for most of the game and the Bulls are cranking up the intensity.

75.00: Wonderful work at the breakdown. Marco van Staden and Roelof Smit are the two fetchers on the field, and it has made a difference since Smit entered the game in the 57th-minute.

76.00: MISS! Pollard’s long-range kick is wide. 33-23

78.00: The game is up for the Cape town men. The Bulls have a centre-field scrum, just outside the opposition’s 22. They are running down the clock.

79.00: Big scrum by the Stormers; they take the penalty quickly, but the move comes to nought.

80.00: YELLOW CARD! Lizo Gqoboka is sent to the bin.

81.00: The Stormers botch their driving maul. Liebenberg takes the pass and boots the ball into the crowd.